Establishing a sustainable health care infrastructure in Sierra Leone

Surg+Restore with Ojos Feos on KGW Channel 8

Dr. R. Scott Brown was fortunate to be interviewed by Ashley Korslyn on KGW Portland Today Show’s segment “8 Heroes.” Dr. Brown is the president and founder of a Surg+Restore, a 5-1 c 3 charity that is funding the training and education of Sierra Leone’s first 2 reconstructive/plastic surgeons and anesthesiologists. He is also the music director and band leader of Ojos Feos, of which he plays music under the stage name of Robbie Cree (in honor of the Cree Native American tribe who’s reservation is just outside of his hometown of Havre, MT). After the charity interview, Ojos Feos, one of their original compositions, De Monki Waka, written in Sierra Leone Krio and depictiing social injustice and human rights in sub-Saharan Africa.

About Scott Brown

Dr. Brown is board certified in both anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine. He is a veteran of over 20 international medical missions in 5 continents. He currently is in private practice in Portland, Oregon and other than being president and founder of Surg+Restore, he is on the board of directors of ReSurge/Africa, CH Physical Therapy and Stewart+Brown. He is also the medical director of Oregon Anesthesia Group Interventional Pain Consultants and is the anesthetic consultant for Women 4 World Health. A native of north central Montana, he developed his desire to work with the underprivileged and marginalized, witnessing the plight of Native Americans in his hometown and the surrounding reservation lands. He is also the band leader and music director of the Afro-Latin Blues group, Ojos Feos. Many of his compositions are in reference to social justice in Africa and Latin America. He speaks Spanish, Russian and Sierra Leone Krio.